9 Days Off With Blake!

I had 9 days off with Blake.  9 amazing, sweet, tiring, perfect days with Blake.  I didn’t think it was possible for my sweet boy to get sweeter, but I swear he does each day.  Hearing him say “love you” just melts me.  I don’t even know where to start because, obviously, I’m behind.  I’ll try to catch up…

We kicked off our long weekend by going to open swim where Blake takes swim lessons on Friday night.  Then Saturday morning we tried SkyZone for the first time and LOVED it.  Ok, so I was getting a massage and I had to leave so I didn’t actually get to jump on the trampolines (poor me) and I felt kind of left out.  Blake went nuts and continued to say “pam-pleen” (trampoline, duh) for days.  That and brump, which obviously is how the cool kids say jump.  We would just be driving and Blake would be in the back seat yelling “pam-pleennnnn!” They have toddler time there which is amazing because it’s all little kids.  Not sure who enjoyed it more - Keith or Blake - but regardless, I’m glad the boys had fun.  (See below - I was NOT missing out on this trampoline action forever)

The next day Blake had a playdate with his friend Liam.  (Also, Blake says friend and knows who his friends are and it’s adorbs) We went to the park and out to dinner, where Blake proceeded to scream the entire time (which he never does anymore until, apparently, we are with another toddler who is being an angel), and throw his crayons on the floor while simultaneously yelling “yay-yay!” as if he didn’t know how his crayons got on the floor.  Other than that, they had a lot of fun and play really cute together.

Monday we went to the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, CT.  I carried Blake for most of it because he was having an “I need to be constantly attached to my mom” day, and I was ok with that.  I have to maintain my biceps so it’s all good.  Blake pointed everything out and loved being able to identify things.  It was a really fun day.

Tuesday Keith went back to work and I had to actually get a few things done.  I did take Blake to Ikea because I’m redoing a little area of our family room for him.  I’m fairly certain he thinks I brought him to a playground.  He was running around like crazy.  He also got some new stuff - before and after pics to come…

Wednesday morning Blake and I met his new BFF, Drew, and his mom, Jen, at SkyZone.  The boys jumped for two hours.  Most importantly, I also got to jump for two hours.  (Sorry bout school, Keith………….) Somehow Blake didn’t even fall asleep on the way home.  He’s crazy.  Thursday we stayed home and then visited Daddy for lunch.  Afterwards we came home and I did some lame stuff like clean the house and then Blake and I went for a walk.  He fell asleep and slept right through our plans to go to the playground with Daddy after school.  I guess I finally tired him out??? If you’re keeping track, it took almost a week!  If you haven’t noticed, it’s pretty exciting that Blake now has people friends.  Like, real, live human friends who aren’t the Guys and Dude or Bob.  This seriously reduced the number of times we have to hear about the Guys, Dude, and Bob each day, (but really it’s just been replaced with Liam and Drew).

On Friday my mom and I took Blake to the Tuttle Backkkkkkkk Woo, (AKA the Turtle Back Zoo).  I had never been there and we LOVED it!  Blake went nuts pointing out all the animals, feeding goats, and riding the train and carousel (twice each).  I had been telling Blake for a week that this zoo had a giraffe.  Blake doesn’t forget anything.  We got there and there was a sign at the entrance: “Giraffe off exhibit today.”  NO!!!!!! Ok cool, we will just ignore the giraffe situation.  Except Blake saw pictures of giraffes and started inquiring.  Mostly when Blake wonders where things are it goes something like this: “Heck raff?” - Blake language for, “Where the heck is the giraffe?” I promised him when we go back in the spring, the raff would be there, so the raff better be there!

I feel like there aren’t any words left that Blake doesn’t know.  His vocabulary is enormous.  I think he has the cutest voice, and he started calling us Mommy and Daddy, which I just die over.  I’m pretty confident that Blake knows all the things he does that I find really cute and does them all the time.  I just can’t resist his sweet little face and that sweet little voice.  Keith and I have also started speaking in Blake’s language, frequently without realizing it.  Noodles are just noo-noos now.  Crayons are yay yays.  The trampoline is the pam-pleen.  When you hear “pam-pleen” 784 times a day, it becomes a part of your vocabulary.  

Going back to work after 9 days was harder than it’s been in a long time.  He’s so much fun and I want to be with him ALL. THE. TIME.  But, without work, we wouldn’t be able to do fun things, so work must go on.  Also, Spring Break is in about 5 weeks.  Oh, and then in exactly 128 days we are leaving for a MONTH in St. Maarten.  No complaints over here...I’m living the dream.